Sergio Leone's most famous film might also stand as the greatest western ever made - an epic to end all epics, the plot concerns three bounty hunters - Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef - on the trail of buried treasure. Everything is perfect: the music, the cinematography, the screenplay. A master working at the height of his powers, Leone took everything he learnt from his first two westerns and channelled into this bold masterpiece. Like this article? Which films have we missed? Let us know in the comments section below.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
